What our Professors are saying...
"I have found IPS to be in the very forefront of a new emerging approach to therapy and training with a distinct Catholic orientation. Such training and treatment are urgently needed. I am very pleased to be part of this pioneering endeavor and hope it can be replicated throughout the world."
Rev. Benedict J. Groeschel, C.F.R., Ed.D. IPS Adjunct Professor; Author -- Video Testimonial 
"IPS is unique in recognizing that the theory and practice of psychology requires a full understanding of the human person, as a free being, guided by faith, in a world of temptations. Psychology that denies these and related truths is not just useless: it can be positively harmful, in diverting people from known avenues to mental health. My own work has benefited enormously from being attached to an Institute that is both open-minded philosophically and committed theologically. Many of the topics that I have been working on over the years - sexuality, culture, virtue, practical reason, and philosophical anthropology - invite exploration from the unique perspective encouraged at IPS, and the students are eager to learn how to put that perspective into practice and make an impact on the world. This has been a truly rewarding teaching experience, and an equally rewarding learning experience."
Roger Scruton, Ph.D., FBA. IPS Adjunct Professor; Visiting Professor at Oxford University 
“IPS is the school of choice for those who want to transform psychology and set the pace in an ever-evolving society. It is the school of choice for those students who will be pioneers in the exciting endeavor.”
Paul Vitz, Ph.D. IPS Professor; Professor Emeritus, New York University; Author -- Video Testimonial 
"Although the social and behavioral sciences can be of great assistance to mankind, they have long been handicapped by a constricted notion of the nature of man. Among the common assumptions held by many modern practitioners is that the human being is merely another animal. Yet this false notion greatly restricts the good that these sciences might provide. At IPS, our work is founded on and illuminated by the full, Catholic understanding of the nature and end of man. Clinical practice and empirical research, because they are sensitive to the whole human person, can therefore respond far more effectively to man’s needs and to his desire for true happiness. "
G. Alexander Ross, Ph.D. IPS Associate Professor & Dean of Students
"For me, the great attraction of IPS is its Catholicity. To be able to relax and be Catholic is a tremendous support. I have been at other Christian or Catholic institutions in which disparaging references to Catholicism are made as a matter of course. Here, Catholic culture, its understanding of society, its sense of humor, a respect for knowledge and learning in contrast to "information" and "training" are all in evidence. The students are excited by ideas. The faculty have sufficient depth to add to the course content with their own reflections and experiences."
Michael J. Donahue, Ph.D. IPS Associate Professor & Director of Training Research
"My goal is to prepare student to have the highest level of clinical knowledge and skills to diagnose, treat and promote psychological flourishing for people seeking services. "
Philip Scrofani, Ph. D. IPS Associate Professor & Director of Clinical Training
"What makes the IPS especially attractive to me is the opportunity to pursue research in classical psychology with a view to truth. Imagine considering, for example, Aristotle's account of human motivation, or details of Plato's tripartite division of the human psyche, not simply for the interesting questions of text, interpretation, and argument that will inevitably arise, but also because one wants to know whether and to what extent these ancient theories remain true today, and are helpful to adopt, and how they stand in relation to the best, current accounts accepted by practicing psychologists. To read Aristotle (at least) in that way, I believe, is to read his psychology according to his intention in writing it, viz. as a contribution to the science of human nature. I find appealing, too, that in the IPS research and practice in psychology are placed in the context of faith, since I am convinced that merely philosophical accounts of human nature, if they are sound, must open up to, and be complemented by, something which is higher than philosophy--because human nature, like everything important, involves an element of what strictly should be called 'mystery'."
Michael Pakaluk, Ph.D. Visiting Research Professor